Alien Abduction: Inference to the Best Explanation and the Management of Testimony

Episteme

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 238-251

  Lipton, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85010637330     PISSN: 17423600     EISSN: 17500117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3366/E1742360007000068     Document Type: Article

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